Instagram and Reddit AMA!
In this episode we answer questions asked on Instagram and r/velo. The podcast isn't dead!
14 Juli 202155min
Perspectives #2: How To Manage Sickness, with Dr. Fabiano Araujo
This is a wide ranging conversation with Empirical Cycling coach Dr. Fabiano Araujo. We discuss the immune system, inflammation, when you can and can't train when sick, nutrition strategies, and much ...
10 Maj 20211h 3min
Watts Doc #31: How and Why We Burn Carbs
This episode starts by looking at the chemical mechanisms of glycolysis, the stepwise dismantling of glucose for energy, and finishes with some big picture learnings about this deceptively simple path...
2 Mars 202157min
Ten Minute Tips #11: Integrating Physiology Into Coaching
This episode is Kolie's practical view on integrating physiology into a pragmatic training philosophy. Focused on coaches and self-coached athletes who are applying scientific learning to their coachi...
24 Feb 202130min
Perspectives #1: The Challenges of Self Coaching, with Alex Carmona
In the first episode of the Perspectives series, Empirical Cycling coaches Kolie and Alex discuss self coaching, the challenges of training and motivation during COVID, the value of knowing thyself, a...
14 Feb 202140min
Watts Doc #30: What Limits Fat Use
This episode takes a wide angle view of the chain of events between starting exercise and successfully burning fat, and where the main bottlenecks are in that process. Nuances discussed are the differ...
26 Jan 20211h 13min
Watts Doc #29: Why Fat Oxidation Is Anaerobic
This episode begins a series on metabolism with the process of oxidizing fatty acids for energy, and why the process is anaerobic. We also discuss fats vs lipids, different types of fatty acids, and t...
13 Jan 202158min
2020 Best of Instagram AMA Questions
To wrap up 2020, we went through all the questions asked for Kolie's weekend story AMAs and picked our favorites to expand on. The list of questions are in the show notes at empiricalcycling.com, in o...
23 Dec 20201h 17min
